Maison Pelgrims
Home to the Cultural Affairs Department, Maison Pelgrims is where the Cultural Affairs Councillor and her team welcome members of the public wishing to take part in the cultural life of Saint-Gilles.
Built in 1905 by architect Adolphe Pirenne for the Colson family, this prestigious townhouse, inspired by the Flemish Neo-Renaissance style, stands out for its refined architecture and innovative interior design. Expanded in the 1920s at the request of Eugène Pelgrims, it harmoniously blends several stylistic influences, from Flemish Renaissance to Art Deco, offering a unique testimony to the evolution of tastes and lifestyles through time.
Surrounded by Pierre Paulus Park, a former private garden that has become a green haven open to all, Maison Pelgrims provides an exceptional setting for artistic discovery. Its historic reception rooms, exhibition spaces and welcoming atmosphere make it an inspiring meeting place for both artists and audiences.
Exhibitions, intimate concerts, lectures, performances and interdisciplinary projects naturally find their place here. More than a cultural centre, Maison Pelgrims is a true home for artists: a space for creation, dialogue and experimentation where ideas take shape and culture is lived and experienced every day.
Listed as a protected heritage site since 2001 for the exceptional quality of its architecture and decorative features, Maison Pelgrims continues to write its story by welcoming the artistic expressions of today and tomorrow.
© Alexandre Wallon
Events taking place here
James Turrell once remarked: “I use light as a material, but my medium is actually perception.” This programme begins from that idea. Bringing together works for harp and electronics across centuries and aesthetics, this concert explores music not as a fixed object, but as an experience that comes into being through listening. Sound unfolds in relation to memory, attention, space, and time. Resonances linger beyond their source. Familiar gestures return altered. What we hear is shaped as much by perception as by the notes themselves.